PHAROS - LA

The Ward Institute had purchased the Bradbury Building back in 2001 and it seemed a fitting place to set up a west coast headquarters for the newly revealed Pharos. Naturally other facilities ownned by the Institute in the Federation still exist, but they wanted to develop a 'face' to distract the populace from thier actual research facilities. Not that, the Bradbury isn't functioning. It serves to help maintain some of the concealment of the many layers of Pharos.

PERSONNEL

• BRANCH DIRECTOR - Sapphron Ward

• LEAD AGENT - Anand Dayal

LOS ANGELES POLITICAL RELATIONS

Unlike its parent agency, the LA branch of Pharos has no special privileges with law enforcement. Their credentials are more for identification. Agents are at best called in for consultation purposes only. They usually aren’t called at all. This means that most Gnosis sanctioned investigations typically run along a very thin line. Acquiring an artifact often involves bending or breaking a few laws. So long as an agent doesn’t do anything too drastic, the LAPD usually lets it slide. Of course, this also means agents have no official protection.

LOS ANGELES HEADQUARTERS

The Bradbury Building is located at 304 S Broadway. While it is their headquarters it's use relies on the premise that they would preserve the appearance of the building. Whom better to care for an architectural landmark than Pharos.

Pharos technicians took on the meticulous task of securing the building without altering it's appearance. All of the agents offices are original and the foyer sports a museum which visitors are able to peruse.

As of 2017 only a fraction of the Bradbury Building is being used to accommodate the handful of agents, technicians and researchers. If anything, the presence of Pharos has only re-popularized the landmark and the headquarters is more of a tourist attraction in L.A. than anything else. Director Ward who was in the beginning adverse to what she believed was 'negative attention' started taking advantage of the sight seers, directing her staff to inform and educate the visitors in the policies of Pharos.